Latter-Day Marriage Posted September 24, 2016 Report Posted September 24, 2016 (edited) Lets make a big list of great date night movies. I'll start with some I really like: Stardust The Hudsucker Proxy Source Code The Adjustment Bureau Like Crazy Les Miserables The Family Man Mr. Destiny Edited September 24, 2016 by Latter-Day Marriage Quote
Sunday21 Posted September 25, 2016 Report Posted September 25, 2016 Spotlight is great, needs vidangell bridge of spies also good Quote
anatess2 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 You guys have a weird idea of Date NIght movies. Or maybe I have a weird idea of Date Night movies. Date Night Movies fall into 2 categories: 1.) Cheesy Romance or Rom-coms 2.) Shoot 'em up westerns or mafia or anything that has football in it. So, the perfect Date Night Movie is.... tat-tada... Jerry McGuire. Quote
Latter-Day Marriage Posted October 28, 2016 Author Report Posted October 28, 2016 On 2016-10-24 at 11:56 AM, anatess2 said: So, the perfect Date Night Movie is.... tat-tada... Jerry McGuire. Or Mr Destiny if baseball is your thing (or The Natural) Quote
Guest Posted October 28, 2016 Report Posted October 28, 2016 I was thinking The Terminator would be great. Or possibly Robocop. What do you think? Quote
Vort Posted October 28, 2016 Report Posted October 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Carborendum said: I was thinking The Terminator would be great. Or possibly Robocop. What do you think? Disturbing fact for the day: If The Terminator were released today, it would garner no worse than a PG-13 rating. Remember back 30 or so years ago, when President Benson counseled us to avoid R-rated movies? He's sounding more like a prophet all the time. I'm starting to think we should just avoid Hollywood cinema altogether. Sunday21 and Jedi_Nephite 2 Quote
Guest Posted October 28, 2016 Report Posted October 28, 2016 @vort You do realize I was joking, right? Just checking. Quote
Guest Posted October 28, 2016 Report Posted October 28, 2016 Most of the best movies of all time were released between the 40s and the early 60s... The Wild One, Casablanca, East of Eden, Operation Petticoat, The Battle of Algiers, Bad Day at Blood Rock, A Face In The Crowd... I think Hollywood reached its peak around 1957 and began a long, slow decline after, culminating in the current atmosphere of "if I see another superhero movie I may vomit". Quote
Vort Posted October 28, 2016 Report Posted October 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Carborendum said: @vort You do realize I was joking, right? Just checking. Yeah. The point I was making is that if The Terminator were released today, it would be considered fair game as a date movie by many Latter-day Saints, because it would not carry the 'R' rating. Ironic that people complain about a prophet's counsel to avoid 'R'-rated movies, when we should probably be avoiding all or at least most PG-13 movies and many PG, as well. R shouldn't even enter the realm of possibility. Just my own beliefs and biases. I know many want to excoriate me for them. Let the pile-on begin. Quote
Guest Posted October 28, 2016 Report Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Vort said: Just my own beliefs and biases. I know many want to excoriate me for them. Let the pile-on begin. I'm the guy on the right. Edited October 28, 2016 by Guest Quote
Latter-Day Marriage Posted October 28, 2016 Author Report Posted October 28, 2016 10 hours ago, Carborendum said: I was thinking The Terminator would be great. Or possibly Robocop. What do you think? Reminds me of one time I heard somebody say a chick flic is one person dying slowly, a man movie is lots of people dying quickly. mordorbund 1 Quote
mordorbund Posted October 30, 2016 Report Posted October 30, 2016 On 10/28/2016 at 3:31 PM, Carborendum said: "I'm pretty sure that guy is faking it." "This will not end well once that train starts moving." "Maybe you CAN smell kimchee seeping out of a person's pores." "I did not think that's what a soul train was, but it makes sense." "Silly muggles, what with banging their heads into platform 9 3/4 and their delayed concussions, wot." askandanswer 1 Quote
Guest Posted October 30, 2016 Report Posted October 30, 2016 14 hours ago, mordorbund said: "Maybe you CAN smell kimchee seeping out of a person's pores." That wasn't from his pores. Quote
Latter-Day Marriage Posted February 5, 2017 Author Report Posted February 5, 2017 With Valentine's day coming up, let's add some more romantic movies to the list. Like: Hitch While you were sleeping The proposal Sunday21 1 Quote
Maureen Posted February 5, 2017 Report Posted February 5, 2017 I'm not sure if this movie is Valentine's Day(ish) and some Mormons wouldn't like it since the story somewhat goes against the chastity rules but I really like Prelude to a Kiss with Meg Ryan and Alec Baldwin. M. Quote
Sunday21 Posted February 5, 2017 Report Posted February 5, 2017 I am sad to say that given the death or temporary hiatus of VidAngel...the choices have really narrowed to: old movies - Groundhog Day? Casablanca? Studio c? disney- zootopia So this should create a niche in the market! I wonder if religious groups could co invest in some movie creation? I wish the religious right would tackle this situation. Quote
Guest Posted February 5, 2017 Report Posted February 5, 2017 6 minutes ago, Sunday21 said: I am sad to say that given the death or temporary hiatus of VidAngel...the choices have really narrowed to: old movies - Groundhog Day? Casablanca? Studio c? disney- zootopia So this should create a niche in the market! I wonder if religious groups could co invest in some movie creation? I wish the religious right would tackle this situation. Some people have specifically been doing that. But promotion is a big factor of success. And they just don't have the budget for it. Fortunately, they're picking up. They are beginning to have funding to promote as well as produce. Mom's night out. Fireproof Facing the giants It's not just going to be a niche market. There are MANY who want more family friendly entertainment. And today's Disney and Pixar can't be the only sources. Some of the time their "family friendly" isn't. So just start talking about the need to seek them out. And give support by going to those movies in the theater and buying the DVDs. I'm not saying that we just spend money on crappy movies because they have a good motivation. These movies I listed above were really good movies. They just didn't get the promotion that they needed. Even so, Fireproof made something like $60 million in the theater. And the production budget was just a few million. I liked Mom's night out a lot better. The production value was higher. And I found it more entertaining. Quote
Sunday21 Posted February 5, 2017 Report Posted February 5, 2017 @Carborendum Thanks for this! I will look for these movies. Quote
Vort Posted February 6, 2017 Report Posted February 6, 2017 Primer. Clean, engaging, cerebral SF-fantasy that you will want to watch at least twice. Watch it on Netflix. Cost $7000 to make. (That's seven thousand dollars.) No idea why it's rated PG-13, unless there is some bad language I completely forgot about. Quote
anatess2 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Posted February 6, 2017 53 minutes ago, Vort said: Primer. Clean, engaging, cerebral SF-fantasy that you will want to watch at least twice. Watch it on Netflix. Cost $7000 to make. (That's seven thousand dollars.) No idea why it's rated PG-13, unless there is some bad language I completely forgot about. Date Night, Vort, Date Night! Not - give me a headache trying to follow "which Aaron is this again?" night... Quote
Vort Posted February 6, 2017 Report Posted February 6, 2017 Just now, anatess2 said: Date Night, Vort, Date Night! Not - give me a headache trying to follow "which Aaron is this again?" night... Okay, yeah, not an ideal date night movie. Don't sit your valentine down to watch Primer, unless she's an irredeemable Geek Gal. Quote
anatess2 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Vort said: Okay, yeah, not an ideal date night movie. Don't sit your valentine down to watch Primer, unless she's an irredeemable Geek Gal. Or don't sit down your husband who is resistant to doing the kid's science homework, let alone sit in a movie of characters who sound like science professors explaining... whatever it was they were trying to explain (I thought I was an irredeemable geek gal until I watched Primer... hah! But yes, yes, I liked the movie after watching it again when I can follow the story better). Edited February 6, 2017 by anatess2 Quote
Latter-Day Marriage Posted February 9, 2017 Author Report Posted February 9, 2017 Found a new (to me) one for the list. The Lake House. Time travel AND romance, and if you were in a LDR or waited for a missionary (or was waited for) it will have some extra meaning. Quote
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